Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal 1 Year Curriculum Structure For B.Tech Courses in Engineering & Technology
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal 1 Year Curriculum Structure For B.Tech Courses in Engineering & Technology
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad University of Technology, West Bengal 1 Year Curriculum Structure For B.Tech Courses in Engineering & Technology
Detailed contents
Schrodinger equation. Particle in a box solutions and their applications for simple sample. Molecular orbitals
of diatomic molecules (e.g.H2). Energy level diagrams of diatomic. Pi-molecular orbitals of butadiene and
benzene and aromaticity. Crystal field theory and the energy level diagrams for transition metal ions and their
magnetic properties. Band structure of solids and the role of doping on band structures.
Principles of spectroscopy and selection rules. Electronic spectroscopy. Fluorescence and its applications in
medicine. Vibrational and rotational spectroscopy of diatomic molecules. Applications. Nuclear magnetic
resonance and magnetic resonance imaging, surface characterisation techniques. Diffraction and scattering.
iii) Intermolecular forces and potential energy surfaces (4 lectures)
Ionic, dipolar and van Der Waals interactions. Equations of state of real gases and critical phenomena.
iv) Use of free energy in chemical equilibria (8 lectures)
First and second laws of thermodynamics and thermodynamic functions: energy, entropy and free energy.
Estimations of entropy and free energies. Free energy and emf. Cell potentials, the Nernst equation and
applications. Acid base, oxidation reduction and solubility equilibria. Water chemistry. Corrosion. Use of free
energy considerations in metallurgy through Ellingham diagrams.
Effective nuclear charge, penetration of orbitals, variations of s, p, d and f orbital energies of atoms in the
periodic table, electronic configurations, atomic and ionic sizes, ionization energies, electron affinity and
electronegativity, polarizability, oxidation states, coordination numbers and geometries, hard soft acids and
bases, molecular geometries
vi) Stereochemistry (4 lectures)
Introduction to reactions involving substitution, addition, elimination, oxidation, reduction, cyclization and
ring openings. Synthesis of a commonly used drug molecule.
Course Outcomes
The concepts developed in this course will aid in quantification of several concepts in chemistry that have
been introduced at the 10+2 levels in schools. Technology is being increasingly based on the electronic,
atomic and molecular level modifications. Quantum theory is more than 100 years old and to understand
phenomena at nanometer levels, one has to base the description of all chemical processes at molecular levels.
The course will enable the student to:
Analyse microscopic chemistry in terms of atomic and molecular orbitals and intermolecular forces.
Rationalise bulk properties and processes using thermodynamic considerations.
Distinguish the ranges of the electromagnetic spectrum used for exciting different molecular energy
levels in various spectroscopic techniques
Rationalise periodic properties such as ionization potential, electronegativity, oxidation states and
electronegativity.
List major chemical reactions that are used in the synthesis of molecules.
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